Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Dear World,
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Best Thing I Have Ever Done
Oi Gente!
I
still have one more P-Day to send email, but I know that next week my
brain and heart will be exploding.....so I want to share my testimony, a
testimony that was definitely strengthened this year and a half that I
have been serving the Lord, this week. Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Homecoming
Hey,
everyone! Autumn will be coming home from her mission on May 29th! She
will be speaking in the Highlands Ward on June 9th @ 12:45 - 2:00. She
would love to have any and all of her friends there! The address to the
chapel is: 5378 W. Old Highway Rd | Mountain Green, UT 84050. Hope to
see you there!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Surrealllllllllll
Yesterday was fabulous. For one
thing.....none of my investigators went to church (ok....so this part
wasn't so cool) for another thing we had lunch (a delicious lasagna) at
the coolest members' house. Then a little bit later.........I called
home!
I am feeling super uninspired today, so bear with me.
Things are going well with Sister Loss. I am loving her. She is super hilarious. I am also living with 2 other sisters, Sister Bradley and Sister Costa.......and we have become super good friends. The other day, a member surprised us with 4 xis (a southern brazil version of a cheeseburger), so we had a little party on our balcony. We ate our xis, drank chimarrão, and laughed a bunch. This member was super inspired because that particular day was super hard for the 4 of us.
Speaking of this member, her name is Irmã Etsuko. She was born in Japan, but moved to Brazil when she was 6 years old. She is the most humble, pure, charitable person I have ever met in my life. She helps us with anything and everything that we need. This woman will be exalted!! She and her husband are planning to throw me going away party.
This week was a little hard, but it is in these moments that the Lord stretches us! It is hard to explain how I am feeling all possible feelings right now as I am finishing up my mission......sad, excited, overwhelmed, scared, anxious!!! It is definitely a mixture of about a million feelings!!
Love you all! The next email will be more inspiring!!
Sister Autumn Barnes
I am feeling super uninspired today, so bear with me.
Things are going well with Sister Loss. I am loving her. She is super hilarious. I am also living with 2 other sisters, Sister Bradley and Sister Costa.......and we have become super good friends. The other day, a member surprised us with 4 xis (a southern brazil version of a cheeseburger), so we had a little party on our balcony. We ate our xis, drank chimarrão, and laughed a bunch. This member was super inspired because that particular day was super hard for the 4 of us.
Speaking of this member, her name is Irmã Etsuko. She was born in Japan, but moved to Brazil when she was 6 years old. She is the most humble, pure, charitable person I have ever met in my life. She helps us with anything and everything that we need. This woman will be exalted!! She and her husband are planning to throw me going away party.
This week was a little hard, but it is in these moments that the Lord stretches us! It is hard to explain how I am feeling all possible feelings right now as I am finishing up my mission......sad, excited, overwhelmed, scared, anxious!!! It is definitely a mixture of about a million feelings!!
Love you all! The next email will be more inspiring!!
Sister Autumn Barnes
Monday, May 6, 2013
Family!!!!
My mission is slipping through my fingers! 3 weeks!!!! Monday, April 29, 2013
Yes!!! I was transferred! I am now in Osório. Osorio is a city that
is close to the beach!!!! There isn't beach in our area, but the
weather is super beachy! A ton of sea breeze!
I am training again! I am training the first and only 19 year old sister
in Porto Alegre Norte! Her name is Sister Loss and she is from Espírito
Santo, a state here in Brasil. Sister Zeller (my comp from the MTC)
served in Sister Loss's ward! Small world! I can tell you one thing,
these sisters entering the mission field right now are entering super
prepared. Sister Loss is amazing!
This area is completely different from Santa Cruz! The
people are receptive! I about dropped to the floor dead when people
asked ME to visit THEM in their houses. In Santa Cruz it was almost
impossible to enter into houses! The field is super white and ready to
harvest here in Osorio!!! I am also living with another companionship of
sisters again, and we all get along fabulously.
I realized yesterday that my English is amazing. There is
a man from my branch that wanted to practice speaking English with me.
He asked me how long I have been here on the mission. I replied, "One
year and cinco months." You will have to bear with me when I get home.
It will be tough, the transition back into English!
Love you all! Being a missionary is sooooo amazing.
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